Useless beauty : flowers and Australian art / by Ann Elias.

By:

Elias, Ann, 1933-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781443884570
144388457X

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Electronic books.

DDC classification:

759.9/94 23

LOC classification:

ND1100

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Background -- ch. One Flowers and the Nineteenth Century -- ch. Two Premodern, Modern and Ultramodern Art -- pt. II The Art Establishment -- ch. Three Useless Beauty -- ch. Four The Outsider: Ellis Rowan -- ch. Five Defining Femininity -- ch. Six Flowers and Defiance: Hans Heysen -- ch. Seven WWI and the Floral Sublime -- pt. III Modernism -- ch. Eight The Flower Man -- ch. Nine Native Flowers -- ch. Ten Margaret Preston and Aboriginal Art -- ch. Eleven Celestial Sugar: Adrian Feint -- ch. Twelve Modern Flower Arranging -- ch. Thirteen Lust for Simplicity: Max Dupain -- ch. Fourteen The Human Condition.

Summary: The story of Australian art does not begin and end with landscape. This book puts flowers front and centre, because they have often been ignored in preference for more masculine themes.Departing from where studies of single flower artists leave off, Useless Beauty embraces the general topic of flowers in Australian art and shines new light on a slice of Australian art history that extends from 1880 to 1950. It is the first book of broad chronology to discuss Australian art through blossoms, which it does by addressing stories of major figures including Hans Heysen, Margaret Preston and Sidney.

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The story of Australian art does not begin and end with landscape. This book puts flowers front and centre, because they have often been ignored in preference for more masculine themes.Departing from where studies of single flower artists leave off, Useless Beauty embraces the general topic of flowers in Australian art and shines new light on a slice of Australian art history that extends from 1880 to 1950. It is the first book of broad chronology to discuss Australian art through blossoms, which it does by addressing stories of major figures including Hans Heysen, Margaret Preston and Sidney.

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